APSY-UE 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fundamental Attribution Error, Illusory Correlation, In-Group Favoritism

• School: New York University
• Department: Applied Psychology
• Course: APSY-UE 2
• Professor: Schick

Document Summary

Prejudice is a negative attitude, discrimination is a negative behavior. Through our social identities, we associate ourselves with some groups and contrast. Group identification promotes in-group bias: favoring of one"s own group ourselves w/ others. Overestimating influence of internal attributions and underestimating influence of situations. Seen as being healthier, happier, more sensitive, more successful and as having better social skills. Beauty is in the eye of the culture. Attractiveness depends on our feelings about the person. We tend to be attracted to those similar to us. Friends and couples tend to share common attitudes, beliefs, interests. Similarity breeds content, dissimilarity often fosters disfavor. We like people who show us they like us. We tend to see others as liking us more if we like them. Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose our reactions to objects, people. Cognitive dissonance : when our attitudes and actions do not coincide.